breathing space
noun
: some time in which to recover, get organized, or get going
called also breathing room, breathing spell
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This gives you breathing space if currencies move in adverse ways.
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Tom Zachystal, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
The first international break has provided some welcome breathing space after a busy transfer window and three rounds of fixtures.
—Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2025
Still, the stake, which makes the US government Intel’s largest shareholder, may give it some breathing space to orchestrate its second big turnaround effort in recent years.
—Rohan Goswami, semafor.com, 26 Aug. 2025
Better policy-making that gives these declining species a bit of breathing space to recover – such as habitat and poaching protection – would go a long way to rebuilding populations.
—New Atlas, 22 June 2025
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Tom Zachystal, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
The first international break has provided some welcome breathing space after a busy transfer window and three rounds of fixtures.
—Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2025
Still, the stake, which makes the US government Intel’s largest shareholder, may give it some breathing space to orchestrate its second big turnaround effort in recent years.
—Rohan Goswami, semafor.com, 26 Aug. 2025
Better policy-making that gives these declining species a bit of breathing space to recover – such as habitat and poaching protection – would go a long way to rebuilding populations.
—New Atlas, 22 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for breathing space
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“Breathing space.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/breathing%20space. Accessed 30 Sep. 2025.
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